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John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 1:19

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.] Made by the rotation of the earth on its own axis, in the space of twenty four hours: this according to Capellus was the twenty first of April, and according to Bishop Usher the twenty sixth of October; or, as others, the fourth of September: and thus, as on the fourth day of the creation the sun was made, or appeared, so in the fourth millennium the sun of righteousness arose on our earth.
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